Browsers & Extensions

LaunchTopic: Browsers & Extensions

Show HN: Swurf – Swipe through the real web

Crest summary (AI-written):A project called Swurf was posted to Hacker News as a Show HN, presenting a way to swipe through the real web.

LaunchPrimary topic: Browsers & ExtensionsAlso: Frontend

The HTML-in-Canvas API origin trial

Crest summary (AI-written):Google opened an origin trial for the HTML-in-Canvas API, letting developers render HTML content inside canvas elements.

ShutdownTopic: Browsers & Extensions

Arc browser sunsets December 22 as The Browser Company doubles down on Dia

Crest summary (AI-written):The Browser Company stopped allowing new Arc browser accounts and said the product will end in December.

Companies: Arc · The Browser Company

UpdatePrimary topic: Model Context ProtocolAlso: Browsers & Extensions

WebMCP support now available in mcp-handler

Crest summary (AI-written):Vercel added experimental WebMCP support to its mcp-handler package, letting developers expose tools to in-browser agents through the proposed web standard.

Companies: Vercel

LaunchPrimary topic: LLM InfrastructureAlso: Browsers & Extensions

Introducing @huggingface/kernels: 200+ WebGPU Kernels for Local AI

Crest summary (AI-written):Hugging Face released @huggingface/kernels, a library of more than 200 WebGPU kernels for running AI models locally in the browser.

Companies: Hugging Face

UpdatePrimary topic: Browsers & ExtensionsAlso: Security

Brave’s browser one-ups Chrome with its new support for email aliases

Crest summary (AI-written):Brave announced that its browser now supports email aliases, a capability it says Chrome lacks.

Companies: Brave · Chrome

LaunchPrimary topic: AI AgentsAlso: Browsers & Extensions

Give your eve agent a browser

Crest summary (AI-written):Vercel released the @agent-browser/eve extension, which gives eve agents browser tools to navigate pages, read content, click, fill forms, take screenshots, and inspect console and network activity.

Companies: Vercel